it says that my hardrive has been locked by a disk utility.whats wrong and how can i fix it?thanks so muchg and im working on my thread titles.
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it says that my hardrive has been locked by a disk utility.whats wrong and how can i fix it?thanks so muchg and im working on my thread titles.
Hey buddie great title ! :) Has something took charge ,? Like Windoctor or System Mechanic ? Have you tryed a chdsk ?
Edit: I not going to say another word . I want to see all the heroes come on here ,and respect your thread title. Hopefuly fix your problem . :)
i think it's spelled chkdsk
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Originally Posted by Vargas
Ya your right sorry , but if your going to get technical ..... heres a link:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...us/chkdsk.mspx
Made me think to try safe mode, or try the command prompt and force a chkdsk .
If your using Windows98, definately boot to safe mode :cool:
Have you tried again after rebooting?
Nice informative thread title, BTW. :)
edit: actually, chkdsk doesn't run on the system drive in Windows so it needs to run on the next boot. Could this be the problem?
Does your computer say that it needs to check your discs for ocnsistency every time you boot up?
no it doesnt,and i tried to do it in safe mode and it still says my drive is locked.what can i do now?n i dotn have a virus i scanned it wit about 10 diffrent avs
John,your using Windows ME right ? Found some info here in Fredg 's post.
http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=7949
He mention's win98se but says it works for Me aswell. :)
this is a constant problem i see on ALL PCs that people have brought me with Win ME installed
my advice to them all: dump ME, period. upgrade to at least Win 2K, hopefully XP
the M$ help links are pish,
because none of the PCs have had Norton Speeddisk,
which seems to be the only thing M$ can attribute this problem to :dry:
my guess is it really comes down to 9x/ME's poor handling of system resources ;)
(problems of which 2K/XP do not suffer)
this wont be the last time you encounter this problem john,
and i know you have posted in the past that you are unable to upgrade ATM,
but in all honesty, the sooner the better